Applications Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Application Developer
England > North of England

The median Application Developer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 284 258
Rank change year-on-year +19 -26 +139
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 5 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.053% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 12
10th Percentile £39,900 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £39,375 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +7.89% +21.93%
75th Percentile £58,125 £58,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £59,250 £63,750 £64,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,125 £55,582
% change year-on-year +1.48% +6.37% -7.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 8,231 11,013 6,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.92% 94.40% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,950 5,696 5,370
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,842
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the North of England

Applications Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +5 3 £55,000 -
North West +36 2 £35,000 -31.71% 10
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Applications Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) API Design
3 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Docker
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (40.00%) OpenAPI
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Swagger
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Android Development
4 1 (20.00%) API Development
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) API Management
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (20.00%) Asynchronous Programming
4 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) Redis
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) OpenAPI
1 2 (40.00%) Swagger
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
2 1 (20.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) API Design
1 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Android Development
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) API Integration
2 1 (20.00%) API Management
2 1 (20.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft